After the cruiser's secondary battery fired one round, the ocean-going gunboat's adjusted muzzle also began a salvo.
Since the establishment of the Coast Guard, including the period before Xu Lai arrived, the Communist Party has actually not fought many times.
Hantan City’s poor economy and hard-to-obtain resources are not enough to support the gunners’ cannon firing training.
Sailors are not recruiting soldiers, and they do not have certain actual combat training. Even if their levels are improved, their skills cannot be improved, and their hit rate remains the same.
However, this problem is not big. Although the hit rate of the artillery fire on these ships is a little worse, the momentum is definitely high enough.
Moreover, the cannonballs hit extremely far and the attack power is high enough. Even if the big devil is hit, with the blessing of ultimate archery and Arvid, he will die.
Of course, this refers to the big demon without the blessing of a hero.
Under the continuous bombardment by the Coast Guard, the demon team not only did not attack the infantry who were still entering the water, but were frightened and kept retreating towards the rear.
Even the transport ship cannot completely dock.
However, there are several huge baffles on the transport ship, which can be used for extra protection at ordinary times, and can facilitate the entry and exit of soldiers and vehicles during transportation.
When the baffle of more than ten meters is lowered, the infantry can easily cross the area where the deep and shallow meet and board the port.
The large force of the Qingfeng Legion is still in Qingfeng City. Xu Lai has issued a mobilization order, and Reina personally returned to Qingfeng City by teleportation array.
Therefore, among the infantrymen who landed, they were all new recruits brought out by Xu Lai to upgrade, and no soldiers were recruited.
Of course, these recruits have experienced three siege battles and more than a dozen field battles, so they can no longer be regarded as recruits.
However, although they have a wealth of combat experience, their training time is not long enough, and their formation speed is still not as fast as that of the veterans of the Qingfeng Legion.
Before the Qingfeng Legion arrived, Xu Lai's only support was 40,000 people from the Coast Guard.
But these troops are enough for use. Xu Lai emptied the cruiser of troops and specially brought 5,000 troops here.
It is much more troublesome for knights like them to land ashore than infantry.
So Xu Lai just asked Brandy to lead the infantry, spearmen and archers and crossbowmen to seize the landing port first and not give Hell a chance to harass his cavalry.
The port Arvid found was wide enough. With a slight adjustment of the position, it could accommodate two transport ships for release at the same time.
The released transport ship will not stop and will immediately return to Hantan City to transport siege weapons.
Arvid commanded the large arrow ships that could not be moved to escort these transport ships.
The roaring sound of artillery has all stopped after the enemy disappeared.
But soon, Arvid commanded the fleet again and set up a half-moon formation in the center of Hanjiang River.
This time the formation was even tighter, not only did it accommodate all the ocean-going gunboats, but almost all the secondary guns on both sides of the cruiser were placed at the best shooting angles.
Xu Lai knew that he must have discovered Hell's army.
Sure enough, Giselle on the watchtower reported:
“Xu Lai, found a large number of hell troops, they are quickly approaching our ground troops.
The fastest Wing Demon is expected to be in contact with our ground troops in two or three minutes.
Otherwise, let me take the Phantom Shooters and go down first.”
Xu Lai walked out of the captain's room, glanced at the infantry regiments that were landing in an orderly manner, shook his head and said:
"No, if you take people down now, it will only disrupt the order that was finally formed.
Get your people ready, follow Aved’s command, and don’t cause trouble.”
Giselle is also worried about the safety of the Qingfeng Legion. Unlike Long’an City and Wasteland City, this attack is coming. The hell demons are not only extremely numerous in number, but also of high quality.
Only about half of the more than 40 large and medium-sized transport ships on our side have been released, and there are not many troops arrayed on the shore.
Xu Lai also knew that there was not enough time, so he drew out the Prophet Sword, and the sacred light of the Angel Alliance instantly fell on the heads of all the soldiers.
The ultimate prayer can not only increase the offense and defense of the warriors on the shore, but also increase the movement and attack speed of everyone on the ship.
That's not all, Xu Lai took out a scroll and used this scroll to release an ultimate attack acceleration.
The increase in a large number of agility values has greatly improved the efficiency of the fleet.
Unfortunately, the ship cannot enjoy the effects of prayer and attack acceleration, which does not help the sailing speed.
Immediately, Xu Lai contacted the fleet commander Arvid and asked him to prioritize the two teams of priests to land.
The priests also came by transport ship. Elena was not here, so they were led by several newly promoted bishops from the Holy Church of Qingfeng City.
Because it was just leveling up, Anna was accompanying Elena to raise her baby.
However, Xu Lai has already taken care of Anna, and she will lead Xu Lai's team of high priests and archbishops to follow Reina to Hantan City.
After all, the number of soldiers who landed was not large, and their level was not high. There were still soldiers pouring in from behind.
Once they lose their foothold and are overwhelmed by the swarming hell soldiers, the soldiers who land at the rear are likely to be squeezed directly into the river.
Fortunately, among the enemy's ground troops, the first ones to approach were only the faster units such as the Hellhound and the three-headed Hellhound.
With the dual effects of prayer and attack acceleration, both the speed of landing and formation are much faster.
Illumi, the deputy commander of the crossbowmen, and Clint, the commander of the archer regiment, all issued orders, ordering their own archers and crossbowmen to shoot the winged demons in the air.
With Xu Lai's blessing, even though these shooters are only at level 4, their attack power and attack speed are extremely terrifying.
Morale increases by 20%, prayer increases by 20%, the God of War statue increases all attributes by 5 points, the Angel Alliance increases attack power by 21 points, and there is also an ultimate archery bonus.
In terms of attack speed, the ultimate prayer, ultimate attack acceleration, morale like a rainbow, natural speed, and attack speed have almost doubled.
The most important thing is that these shooters are attacking the air force, and there is no cover in the sky.
The total number of archers and crossbowmen who came ashore was only 56,000.
However, under their terrifying long-range firepower, the winged demons that flew over almost fell to the ground like raindrops.
In addition to the shooters on the shore, Arvid also drove his flagship Hantan as close as possible to the shore at the risk of running aground.
After all, Arvid is familiar with this area of water, so he is relatively confident in approaching it.
But even so, he did not lean over sideways, but drove the bow of the ship past.
Unlike the propulsion system of modern ships, ships driven by magic arrays can provide propulsion in any direction.
What he uploaded to Hantan was a seventh-level phantom marksman. Even without moving, he could reach the winged demon in the sky.
If you move a little further forward, you will be more able to pose a threat to the Winged Demon.
The archer on the shore fired a wave of arrows, followed closely by the crossbowman's wave of crossbow bolts.
Although there are only 500 phantom archers in the rear, plus an average of more than 2,000 phantom arrows, they are not inferior to the teams on the shore in terms of quantity and power.
Three waves of arrow rain, the crossbow arrows are slower, but the phantom arrows are astonishingly fast, just forming a continuous and continuous blow.
The approaching Wing Demon is no different from hitting the south wall. It is basically impossible to move in the sky without landing on the ground. However, in order to facilitate flight, the bodies of the winged demons do not have much flesh and blood, and their wings are covered with a thin layer of skin.
Although the claws are sharp, they are not enough to scratch the iron armor of level 4 heavy infantry, not to mention that these heavy infantry have ultimate defensive body protection.
Some Winged Demons really couldn't bear it and took the initiative to lower their altitude, but did not dare to fall completely to the ground.
They also plan to test the quality of the ground infantry. If they cannot defeat them, they can deal with the demon heroes after retreating.
But what greeted them was not the swords and shields of heavy shield infantry, but the spears of rows of pikemen behind the infantry.
The spear, which is more than 3 meters long and longer than a lance, is completely mounted on the shield of the heavy shield infantry in front.
As soon as the winged demons approached, the pikemen in the rear thrust out with all their strength under the officer's order.
The characteristic of the spearmen is that they have a longer attack range. Before the Winged Demon could scratch the infantry, his body was stabbed to death by the spear.
After testing it several times, I found that no matter how I attacked, I couldn't get through the dense arrows or the forest of spears.
General Yi Mo immediately ordered a retreat.
This encounter didn't take long. The winged demons came in waves, and the archers rained arrows in waves.
Without the hero bonus, the Winged Demon left thousands of corpses in vain, but did not even hurt a single hair of the enemy.
Xu Lai, who was watching the battle on the boat, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The current formation is still relatively weak. There are only 3 layers in the front row, one layer of heavy shield infantry and two layers of pikemen.
There is a large gap behind, reserved for the infantry who will land later, and also to free up more shooting angles for the shooters.
The three-layer defense line is not very strong. Although the level of the Winged Demons is not high, their number exceeds 10,000. Xu Lai is really worried that there will be loopholes in the defense line.
The Winged Demon, who has thin armor and little blood, and no hero to support him, does not dare to charge head-on.
Even if you concentrate your forces to attack the Arrancar, at least it must have enough impact.
The Winged Demons are extremely fast. If they flap their wings, they can bring a lot of speed bonus.
The spears that can face counterattacks, the faster they go, the faster they will die.
Coupled with the sharp drop in morale that had been hit by the rain of arrows, naturally they did not have the courage to bite the ground troops hard.
Driving away the Winged Demon is just a small test.
The Winged Demon has learned its lesson, and the enemy's Hellhound troops do not dare to approach blindly.
This gave the Hantan number on the river a lot of opportunities.
Different from cruisers whose standard equipment is the blank magic cannon, Hantan has always been Arvid's flagship.
This flagship was not built after the invasion of Hell, but was started more than ten years ago after Arvid inherited the Valentine family.
There was no Western Empire at that time, and commerce was not affected in any way. The Valentine family also had considerable savings over hundreds of years.
A ship drifting on the water, no matter how well built, cannot last for a hundred years. Decay is inevitable.
However, many of the equipment on the flagship can be passed down.
On the Hantan, except for the secondary guns, which were of a slightly lower grade, the rest of the equipment was of extremely high grade, such as the ramming horn made of fine steel, the huge throwing net made of sea monster tendons, and so on.
The two magic cannons at the bow and stern of the ship have also been continuously enchanted and strengthened.
But no matter how strengthened the magic cannon is, it can only increase its power and range. The standard magic cannon's range of 3000 is enough to shoot several kilometers away.
No matter how the Hantan is improved, it can only increase by a few kilometers. So what if it can be shot more than ten kilometers away.
So in addition to magic cannons, the Valentine family's focus of research for hundreds of years has mainly been on cannonballs.
The rest of the ships did not dare to shoot ammunition casually. Only the Hantan had ammunition reserves that far exceeded the normal reserves.
With a loud bang, Hantan's bow cannon fired, and a ground bomb worth thousands of gold coins was fired.
On the Hantan, the most abundant items are explosive bombs that can explode and cause severe fire damage.
This kind of ammunition can also be dropped remotely through slings. There are hundreds of units in reserve in Aini's Kaunaston Fort.
However, as demons who have lived in hell for a long time, no matter what species they are, they have 20% fire resistance.
Those like fire elves, balrogs, and great demons can simply be immune to fire.
Using explosive bombs to deal with the hell army is really not as good as ground explosive bombs, which are purely physical attacks.
Although the ground bomb is a purely physical attack, it is also enchanted. After hitting the target, it can split into countless small fragments, causing a lot of damage to nearby units.
The enchantment of ground bombs is not complicated and can be done by ordinary mages or even mage apprentices. It is a bit like burying small steel balls in modern bombs.
When a ground bomb is fired, no matter whether it hits the target or not, the countless fragments it explodes will definitely clear a large area of land.
At this time, the power of the Hantan's bow gun, which has been continuously strengthened and enchanted, is reflected.
The standard bow gun has an attack power of 800, while the main gun on the Hantan has an attack power of up to 1,500 points.
Coupled with magic cannonballs, ultimate archery and Arvid's own abilities, the damage of this ground bomb is astonishingly terrifying.
Even if Xu Lai was unfortunately hit, he would probably lose most of his life with the ultimate defense technique and a divine weapon for body protection.
These attack powers are ultimately the manifestation of the kinetic energy of ground blast bombs.
No matter whether the ground bomb hits the target or not, the damage caused by the fragments will be staggering.
Unfortunately, the hell formation was dense. When a ground bomb hit, only hundreds of three-headed hell dogs fell within a radius of about 5 meters.
The three-headed dog is huge and has a high health value. It can barely reach the edge of the hero bonus and has advanced defensive skills to protect its body.
Coupled with the dense formation, the fragments were unable to spread.
But even so, with a distance of nearly ten kilometers, they couldn't even see the appearance of the enemy clearly, and they were wiped out out of thin air. It was inevitable that their morale would plummet.
After the explosive bombs, Arvid no longer cared about his own wealth, and successively took out more magic shells to test-fire.
Hell Demon is negatively resistant to the water element, so the second ammunition is ice cracking ammunition.
This ammunition is much more precious than ground bombs, and it contains an ice spell.
After the cannonball hit the center of the Cerberus, the cannonball suddenly cracked into countless ice spikes and shot towards the surrounding targets at high speed.
This kind of ice spike can not only cause a large amount of physical and freezing damage to the Cerberus, but also has a probability of directly freezing the target.
However, the ice cracking bomb looked very powerful, and it even froze dozens of frozen dogs. In terms of damage alone, it was less than one-third of the ground blast bomb.
The advantage is that the ice spikes fly randomly and can fly up to several hundred meters away, with a huge range of influence.
After that, Arvid also tried explosive bombs with the highest damage and the largest number.
As previously expected, Cerberus has extremely high resistance to flames and the effect is not ideal, but its lethality is still far greater than that of ice-breaking bombs. (End of this chapter)